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Sly_85819
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Mar 19, 2012

GTM topology on internal network

Hi,     I plan on doing proximity routing internally and thought of doing that via GTM. I configured topology on GTM and realized that the query originated from LDNS and not the actual client (n...
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hoolio
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Mar 21, 2012
Hi Sly,

 

 

I can't think of a reason you couldn't have clients query GTM directly. You'd just configure them with a listener IP that the GTMs answer on. GTM in v11.1 supports anycast:

 

 

GTM 11.1 release notes

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_gtm/releasenotes/product/relnote-gtm-lc-11-1-0.htmlrn_new

 

 

IP Anycast

 

 

This release provides support for IP Anycast for DNS services on BIG-IP GTM. This configuration helps mitigate distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), reduce DNS latency, improve the scalability of your network, and assist with global traffic management.

 

 

Configuring IP Anycast Route Health Injection

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_gtm/manuals/product/gtm-implementations-11-1-0/11.html

 

 

Aaron